Gov. Snyder signed the bill in June, which would require able-bodied adults to prove they are employed in order to qualify for the Healthy Michigan program. There would be exemptions for those unable to work 20 hours a week.

Michigan is among the states seeking a federal exemption for the Medicaid work requirement.

There are more than 600,000 Michiganders receiving health care coverage under the state’s expanded Medicaid program. Supporters of the work requirement have said it is necessary to keep the program financially viable.

This week, the Journal of the American Medical Association is publishing two studies on the effect of work requirements on Medicaid recipients.

Dr. Anna Goldman is a health policy researcher at the Harvard School of Public Health. Her study suggests the work requirement will bump few people off Medicaid.

“Unless the people who are not supposed to lose Medicaid do lose Medicaid because of all the new paperwork burden,” says Goldman.

The second study finds much the same problem.

Dr. David Silvestri studied the potential effects of work requirements on states like Michigan.

His study estimates between two to seven percent of Michigan Medicaid recipients don’t meet the work requirement. But the same study estimated between 15 to 20% might not be able to provide the required proof of employment.

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Michigan expanded its Medicaid program in 2014 as part of the Affordable Care Act. In all, 32 states and the District of Columbia have expanded Medicaid programs under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

More than 600,000 Michiganders receive health care coverage through the Healthy Michigan program.

The Center for Healthcare Research and Transformation says Michigan's new Medicaid work requirements will affect the nearly 700,000 people dependent on the Healthy Michigan Plan for health insurance once they go into effect in January 2020.

Unless they receive an exemption, people will be required to work an average of 80 hours a month to receive the health insurance services. Activities such as full-time school and drug treatment programs also qualify as work under the policy.